Pokemon Platinum Guide

The Forest Badge

At Jubilife City, you'll meet Mr. Looker again. He will tell you about thePal Pad if don't already have it. Now, enter the Pokemon Center and takethe escalatpr down to the basement. The lady here will give you the PALPAD. Go back outside now. Head north to Route 204 and you'll meet theProfessor and his assistant, being bothered by Team Galactic. You'll beparticipating in your first double battle soon after. It will be you andRowan's assistant versus the Galactic Grunts.

After the battle, a woman from Jubilife TV Station will approach you and hand over a FASHION CASE. Have a look inside the TV Staton if you like. Otherwise continue north towards Route 204. There, make your way to the caveto the north of the area and go in.

You'll be in the Ravaged Path now. If you haven't picked up the POTION hereearlier then do so now. Go west, smash the rocks, and grab the TM39. Turnback east, smash more rocks and head for the exit.

You'll end up on the higher section of Route 204. There will be more Pokemon Trainer battles to participate in.

Grab the AWAKENING after defeating Taylor, then snag the TM09 BULLET SEED after winning against Liv & Liz. Continue onwards to Floaroma Town.

Enter the cottage to the north of the flower field and talk to the littlegirl there. Agree with her when she talks about Pokemon plucking berries, to receive the TM88. Next, visit the Flower Shop and speak to both brunette ladies. One will give you a CHESTO BERRY and the other a SPRAYDUCK.Talk to the lady by the cash register to exchange your berries for different accessories. Go north to the Floaroma Meadows.

Approach the Galactic Grunts and defeat their Pokemons. The second Gruntwill challenge you after you win against the first one.

Obtain the WORKS KEY and HONEY from the man you just helped. You can alsobuy some Honey from him for 100 credits. Slather the honey on the YELLOWGREEN trees to attract rare Pokemon. Now, head back to town and go east tothe Valley Windworks.

Pick up the POTION at the eastmost portion. You may want to run around the Tall Grass a bit to capture some new Pokemon (Buizel, Shellos, Parichisu). Talk to the Grunt blocking the entrance to the Windworks Building to battlehim.

Your next stop is Route 205, but before you go, I would suggest buying plenty of Antidotes from the Poke Mart back in town fisrt, You'll need themonce you get to the forest. Just head north while participating in Pokemonbattles on the way.

Grab the X SP DEF after defeating Hiker Daniel. Once you reach a fork, headdown then northwest to find a HEAL BALL. Head up and across the bridge.Defeat the next 3 Pokemon Trainers. You may rest in the cottage along theway as well. Grab the REPEL. There is a SUPER POTION at the lower portion ofthe area. Proceed into Eterna Forest.

A Pokemon Trainer named Cheryl will join you here. All random encounters inthis forest will be a double battle. The great thing about Cheryl is sherestores your Pokemon's HP and PP to full after each battle. Her PokemonChansey uses Egg Bomb and Softboiled. Egg Bomb does decent damage, but italso misses quite often.

Head west to grab an ANTIDOTE. More Trainer Battles to compete in.

Pick up the PARALYZ HEAL after defeating Jack and Briana. Pick up the NET BALLto the southeast of the Psychic Twins. Check the bottom-right corner of theforest to find a POTION, then go around northwest for a GREEN SHARD. Continueonwards to the exit. Cheryl will give you a SOOTHE BELL before she leaves.You may want run around the tallgrass and capture some new Pokemon. Exit theforest when you're done.

You'll end up in a different section of Route 205. Go east the turn south-west to find a GUARD SPEC. Head right across the docks and battle with thefishermen here.

You may fish for a Goldeen Pokemon here. But it is extremely rare. Continuefurther east into Eterna City.

The Fuego Ironworks is accessible by surfing north on the water from Route205. You can pick up a MAX POTION at the side of the building with helpfrom your Dowsing Machine. Go inside the building.

Navigate around the building by stepping on the directinal panels on the floor. You can pick up a BURN HEAL at the northern portion. There is aFIRE STONE at the northeast part of the area. The southeast sector has aROCK INCENSE. Talk to Mr. Fuego to receive another FIRE STONE. Grab the TM35 (Flamethrower) by the furnace next to Mr. Fuego.

Team Galactic will be hanging around this town as well, but ignore themfor now. Heal at the Pokemon Center if you need to and head to the northend of the city to meet up with Nolan. Both he and Cyrus will leave aftersome dialogue. Now, proceed to the top of the plateau and stand directlyabove the statue and press A to obtain a DRACO PLATE.

Turn back down to meet with Cynthia who will give you the HM01 Cut. Next,enter the house to the east of the Pokemon Center; talk to the man thereand he will give you the Explorer Kit.

Next, go further down. Continue all the way through the gap between thetrees then head east for a SUPER POTION. Head for the gym entrance and talkto the girl there, who turns out to be the gym leader, Gardenia.

This gym will be so much easier to navigate around this time. The leaveswill simply turn and open your next path whenever you defeat a trainer.Win against 3 trainers to get to Gardenia and battle her.

There are some trees to the north of the Eterna Forest exit (leading to Eterna City), that you can cut to gain access to this area. Before you go in, check the right corner at the side of the house for an ETHER. Go insideafterwards. Head north into the dining room. There, head west and examine the top-right trash can to find a RARE CANDY Leave the room and proceed tothe second floor.

Enter the left room. Pick up an OLD GATEAU inside. Go back out and into thecenter room. Grab a DREAD PLATE in the left-most room and a TM90 (Substitute) in the right-most room. Enter the second room from the leftand thump the TV there to release Rotom. Take note that this event onlyoccurs any time from 8pm onwards.

---------------------------------------------------------------- | Legendary Pokemon Rotom | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | This Pokemon is very low level. So it is very easy to knock it || out accidentally. Bring in your weakest Pokemon (a low level || one) and chip away Rotom's HP. Once it drops to red, throw an || Ultra Ball to capture it. Chances are it won't be able to || break free, since it is a low level Pokemon. | ----------------------------------------------------------------